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dmreed
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Location: Poway, CA
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 Posted: Thu 13 Oct '16 2:54 Post subject: Win 10 Apache 2.4.23 simple virtual hosts setup |
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I have searched the web quite a bit and have not found an answer to my virtual host problem:
I am running Win 10 Pro 64x. XAMPP 7.0.9 is installed at g:/xampp. I have two directories which I need to access as local hosts: g:/8081dmreed and g:/8082devsite.
Can someone please provide me exact coding regarding the Windows hosts file and the Apache files httpd.conf, httpd-vhosts.conf, and any additional files. |
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glsmith
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Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Thu 13 Oct '16 6:55 Post subject: |
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Hello Poway,
Start your favorite text editor as administrator (right click on icon and choose "Run as Administrator").
Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (the file has no extension).
Add to the file the lines below and save:
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 dmreed
127.0.0.1 devsite |
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Rename G:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf to something like httpd-vhosts.xampp to preserve it.
Create a new one with the stuff below:
| Code: | ######################################################################
# G:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
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# Location hostname url
# g:/xampp/htdocs localhost http://localhost/
# g:/8081dmreed dmreed http://dmreed/
# g:/8082devsite devsite http://devsite/
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# Preserve localhost
<VirtualHost _default_:80>
DocumentRoot "g:/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
# Site: dmreed
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "g:/8081dmreed"
ServerName dmreed
CustomLog "g:/8081dmreed/dmreed.access.log" combined
<Directory "g:/8081dmreed">
Options All
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
# Site: devsite
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "g:/8082devsite"
ServerName devsite
CustomLog "g:/8082devsite/devsite.access.log" combined
<Directory "g:/8081dmreed">
Options All
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
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Restart Apache and give the URLs a try.
Note: It looks like Xampp has the vhosts file already included in httpd.conf so you should not need to do anything to it.
Note 2: It has been my experience in the past that some anti-virus will quarantine the hosts file if it has been tampered with. In that case you will have to unquarantine it and add an exception in your AV for it.
Enjoy neighbor,
-Santee- |
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dmreed
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Location: Poway, CA
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| Posted: Thu 13 Oct '16 7:26 Post subject: |
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I have seen many "solutions" which say port 80 is a problem for Apache under Win 10.
Applied your code. I get the following when running XAMPP Control Panel as Administrator:
Moderator Edit: Only the part that pertains to the subject remains:
10:21:11 PM [Apache] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
10:21:11 PM [Apache] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues |
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glsmith
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| Posted: Thu 13 Oct '16 7:50 Post subject: |
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Well yes it is, but did your xampp work after install and is it running on post 80 or something else? It's usually PID 4 in the message however.
Change the 80 to whatever it is your running it on. 80 is the default that Apache is usually set to. |
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dmreed
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Location: Poway, CA
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| Posted: Thu 13 Oct '16 9:03 Post subject: |
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cannot find anything in logs.
80 is a problem in Win 10.
Changing it to 8080....I get the same error as last time. |
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dmreed
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Location: Poway, CA
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| Posted: Fri 14 Oct '16 8:43 Post subject: |
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| Maybe I can get an answer from someone who is actually running Win 10 with local hosts similar to my initial question. |
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dmreed
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Location: Poway, CA
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| Posted: Mon 17 Oct '16 14:40 Post subject: |
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| thanks glsmith...that solved the local hosts problem for me...much appreciated. |
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dmreed
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Location: Poway, CA
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| Posted: Tue 18 Oct '16 1:01 Post subject: |
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| thanks glsmith, finally worked! |
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